Information Architect and Content Strategist

Information Architect & Content Strategist
Location: Remote (occasional on-site meetings required)
Type: Part-Time Contract (20 hours/week)
Rate: £45–£55 per hour (Outside IR35)
Start Date: ASAP
End Date: March 2026
Contract Length: End date March 2026

About the Role
We’re seeking a skilled Information Architect & Content Strategist to support and develop a robust structured content ecosystem, with a focus on DITA-based authoring and publishing workflows. This is a hands-on, strategic role that blends content operations with engineering, aimed at enabling scalable, efficient, and user-centered content delivery.
You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams of authors, developers, and publishing engineers to optimise transformation workflows, evolve content tools, and improve architecture and taxonomy systems.
This opportunity is ideal for someone with a background in technical writing, content strategy, or publishing systems who has grown into a more technical, systems-focused role.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable structured content workflows and transformation pipelines.
• Optimize authoring environments and publishing frameworks (e.g., Oxygen XML).
• Train and support internal teams on tooling, taxonomy, and structured authoring best practices.
• Ensure consistent use of metadata and taxonomy aligned with business needs.
• Collaborate with content teams to align tooling with audience-focused content strategy.
• Respond to internal feedback and implement improvements across the publishing ecosystem.
• Support governance efforts around structured content, tooling, and system maintenance.
• Contribute to long-term innovation strategy in content delivery and system scalability.

• Minimum 5 years' experience in documentation tooling, information architecture, or structured content strategy.
• Experience working across content and technical teams in a collaborative environment.

• Advanced knowledge of DITA, DITA-OT, XML, XSLT, CSS, and Oxygen XML Editor.
• Familiarity with Git and version control workflows.
• Experience creating and maintaining publishing templates and transformation pipelines.
• Scripting or automation experience with Python, TypeScript, or Shell/Bash.
• Solid foundation in structured authoring, topic-based writing, and modular content reuse.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, especially with technical audiences.
• Strong facilitation, onboarding, and internal support capabilities.
• Capable of managing priorities and responding quickly to changing team needs.

If this sounds like you, apply now or send your CV to Jcarr@outsource-uk.co.uk.